Facebook and Twitter arrive November 17 on Xbox Live in the UK

I wouldve gone with you Markez. I wouldve gone.

Unfortunately I couldn't really head up to LA on a Wednesday night to see it with my buddy who is also pretty hardcore into PJ, and he couldn't head down to San Diego for the show last night :( They always put on such a fantastic show. I guess Ben Harper and Jerry Cantrell both sat in on a few songs in Wednesday's show. I get the impression they'll be touring for a long time so I'm sure they'll come around again.

dude, twitter is just like an rss feed for my phone. its good to follow senior espn writers + joystiq and teamxbox. who by the way gives out free xbla title codes and map packs and stuff via twitter (team xbox). your thinking of the lame user who "tweets" his activitys, which is uber gay. i will not have any use really for the twitter app via xbox 360 but the svc alone is very resourceful.

Yup, and two more channels that will clutter up the interface and no way to customize or remove stuff you don't care for.

DO NOT WANT!

sort of want

obie, stop struggling and just conform quietly please

You guys don't want instant 1080p? Im greatly looking forward to the Zune integration.

I agree, sort of want but a option to remove whatever I want.

@ray954: NEVAR!!!!!!!!

I feel for you. I'm not trying to rub it in but honestly the Netflix inclusion into the 360 is what I'd say is the biggest possible sell of the machine besides the fact it plays games.

I would take this over inclusion of Blu-Ray / HD DVD player ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

I agree, get that shit settled and get Netflix on EVERY 360 no matter where people live.

so does Sky Player not do it for you then??

Try living in Canada where you get exposed to US & UK culture, but get NO netflix, skyplayer or any extra features on the 360 dashboard....

We pay more for XBL & MS points and somehow get a lot less....

Lol skyplayer isnt working yet and besides... if i wanted to watch sky i wouldnt be playing Xbox i'd be watching TV.

@Oxy
What wins? US or UK culture?

uk music
us tv.

both equally good at games,
but us more for 360
and uk more for ps3

We have terrible music. Coldplay *shudder*

Conan O'Brien references are always welcomed.

Apparently a lot of people, or else they wouldn't have developed it.

Plus, it's free advertising :)

But I'm pretty certain that facebook isn't going to automatically broadcast whatever you're doing on you're 360, is that what you're suggesting?

I don't care, I'm with you, but I seem to be seeing quite a few people of the mind that facebook is going to tell the world whenever you're playing xbox.

I mean, it doesn't do that, right? Anyone? I thought not I guess...

I think it will be like this.

Example:

Hey has anybody seen zombieland? how was it?
frederick from Xbox 360.

~I think it was alright, I didn't like it.
Kathye from facebook Blackberry.

~ I love it! it's awesome
Pablo ferrero vistahermosa parmesano from Iphone.

I just assumed it would broadcast it like the default MSN messenger settings. Which were annoying as hell.

"But I'm pretty certain that facebook isn't going to automatically broadcast whatever you're doing on you're 360, is that what you're suggesting?"

Of course not, no, that wasn't what I was suggesting. 360 facebook updates will surely be like Uncharted 2 twitter updates: http://www.consolemonster.com/images/news/uc2twit2.jpg

What I'm saying is: those who choose to update their facebook will help the 360 by advertising it indirectly. That's a good thing.

Facebook Status: "is sick with the swine/avian/sars flu, needs sleep."

"Vladeon just beat Assassin's Creed 2 and got an Achievement for it worth 50p."

Vladeon's Boss: pack your stuff, you're fired.

I was referring to dude above you, but that's kinda neat the way U2 does that.

But Vladeon you can play games while you are sick, just not wii sports of something like that.

win, i'm pretty sure getting sick right when a major game comes out, and playing it counts as just a bit suspicious...

"win, i'm pretty sure getting sick right when a major game comes out, and playing it counts as just a bit suspicious..."

Well, that depends if one's boss is a gamer. Surprisingly, that is not always the case.

Umm, FacePalm?

Um, they actually did change it.

Um... you need to reread the article. Specifically, right underneath the picture.

"upcoming Facebok/Twitter/Last.Fm update for Xbox Live"

Is what he was referring too.

I don't often see them make corrections, even when they mess up on an in-network link. I guess most people ignore it or post the correct quote/spelling/link.etc,

oh.. and don't go with the "But you have to pay a monthly Fee" argument cuz:

1. The features are not increasing the Live fees.
2. Crying about the Live Monthly fee has gotten old.

It's very old and tired, however it'll always be a staple of arguments against the box, much like peanut butter is a staple of fine sandwich making.

mmmm... Peanut Butter! Now I need to go make a Sandwich.. hehe

Agreed, Markez. It will always be a valid argument, so throw in your Microsoft branded earplugs if you don't like it. Just like those who are welcome to not use any features added to Xbox Live. You are welcome not to listen to those who don't agree with paying for such a service.

lolm we're agreeing that it's a valid argument are we?

@ abelpc:

Well, I think the main consensus is that if you're putting resources on creating Facebook / Twitter implementation, those are resources that aren't available for creating something that people actually give a shit about.

Of course, that's assuming that resources are limited, which obviously isn't the case, right?

Just playing devil's advocate and providing an obvious answer but hey, you did ask and I was always told, "There's no such thing as a dumb question" (lucky for you).

@D Dogg

what features would you give a shit about then?

I don't really care about Facebook or Twitter.. but I am not going to complain about them being added.

I do look forward to last.fm.. I think that is cool. And Video chat will be interesting so I can chat with my family in the other part of the country.

I personally am indifferent about the additions but I am not going to say be upset about adding more.

THANK YOU! Jesus Christ I'm glad there are others who are still wondering why we can have avatars on Xbox 360's but can't play Metal Gear Solid 2 from the original Xbox on our 360's.

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Yeah, but imagine if only you understood that getting old games (that squeezed every bit of performance out of the aging hardware they originally ran on) to work on a different processor and graphics chip set is far more complex than writing a Twitter client.

And imagine if the company responsible is already familiar with programming emulators to make older programs run with their software. Not to mention they had a triple-core CPU, a much more powerful GPU, and eight times the RAM to play around with...yeah, you're right. Impossible.

*facepalm*

But yet, even with all that power, they don't fully handle emulation. Hey, I'd love it too if full emulation had happened. But do you really think that if it was as easy as making a Twitter client, MS would just stop short of emulating all of those gems you want to play? No. It's not like they just cranked up the power of the xBox from 6 to 10 when they made the 360. Different machines with the evolutions of the 360 being focused on slightly different powers. Later games in a console's life often use the outer fringes of programming tricks and loopholes that are specific to that hardware, in this discussion the xBox, squeezing the best out of that old hardware that they know inside and out, as well as using graphics chipsets that might not be legal to emulate with software as they broke ties with Nvidia when they went with ATI for the 360.

Switching from the older machines to the new next gen is obviously going to give companies like Sony and MS more power, but with the 360 and the PS3, it's still not enough to emulate chips that are not physically there. I offer up the inability for the PS3 to properly emulate the PS2 games that it could when it actually had the chips from the PS2, and I remember when an xBox game like Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory was finally supported - the higher resolution was cool but it also ran slower in parts like the rain on the outside scenes. The emulated game ran slower than the game on the xBox and certain graphics tricks used on the xBox (like the 'optical camo' in SC:CT multiplayer) showed up as glitches on the 360.

C'mon son. Think it through. Take your *faceplam* cliché and leave it at the door - the 360 and the PS3 are powerful, but still not powerful enough to fully and correctly emulate last gen's games with only software.